Film

Inherit the Wind

1960 · 2h 8m · Drama

It’s all about the fabulous “Monkey Trial” that rocked America!

IMDb

8.1

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

75

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.

Spencer Tracy

Henry Drummond

Fredric March

Matthew Harrison Brady

Gene Kelly

E.K. Hornbeck

Dick York

Bertram T. Cates

Donna Anderson

Rachel Brown

Harry Morgan

Judge Mel

Claude Akins

Rev. Jeremiah Brown

Elliott Reid

Prosecutor Tom Davenport

Paul Hartman

Bailiff Mort Meeker

Philip Coolidge

Mayor Jason Carter

Jimmy Boyd

Howard

Noah Beery Jr.

John Stebbins

Norman Fell

WGN Radio Technician

Gordon Polk

George Sillers

Hope Summers

Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman

Ray Teal

Jessie H. Dunlap

• Stanley KramerDirector · Producer
• Harold Jacob SmithScreenplay
• Nedrick YoungScreenplay
• Ernest LaszloDirector of Photography
• Ernest GoldOriginal Music Composer
• Frederic KnudtsonEditor
• James ListerCasting
• Lynn StalmasterCasting

Official TrailerEureka Classics Trailer

Release date

July 7, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 8m

Rated

NR

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$2,000,000

Genres

Drama

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